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Definition of Hyperacusis
1. Noun. Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels.
Generic synonyms: Hearing Disorder, Hearing Impairment
Definition of Hyperacusis
1. Noun. (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hyperacusis
1. Hyperacusia Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism. Synonym: auditory hyperesthesia. Origin: hyper-+ G. Akousis, a hearing (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperacusis
Literary usage of Hyperacusis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1901)
"An extraordinary acuteness of the sense of hearing (hyperacusis) may be symptomatic
of hysteria, facial paralysis with loss of power in the stapedius muscle ..."
2. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1918)
"303 hyperacusis in .. 308 hyperpyrexia in 309, 310 - irregular pulse with..
147 - leucocytosis with 360, 361 no leucocytosis in . ..."
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